SYNOPSIS - The book chronicles the life and times of African
American men and women who settled the West from 1865 to the
early 1900s. Rare vintage photographs and fascinating accounts
of their real-life history let the reader meet these brave individuals
face-to-face.

SYNOPSIS - Fascinating photographs document this story about
American young people of the nineteenth-century American West.
The reader learns about the experiences of the children of pioneer
families and about the Indian boys and girls of the day.

SYNOPSIS - The story tells of Zoe and her family as they cross
the prairie in a wagon pulled by oxen. Their overwhelming emotions
are described as they face the journey to a new land and the
changes they will need to make when they arrive.

SYNOPSIS - The architectural achievement of the Nebraska State
Capitol is surveyed in words and pictures. Contributions of the
architect, Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue; the symbolist, Hartley
Burr Alexander; the sculptor, Lee Lawry; the mosaicist, Hildreth
Meiere; and the landscapist, Ernst Herminghaus, are detailed.
The book offers new ways of looking at Nebraska's magnificent
capitol.

SYNOPSIS - The homes discussed in this book range from Native
American dwellings to soddies to log cabins to the homes of the
wealthy pioneers. The settlers learned to build homes by using
materials they found in nature.

SYNOPSIS - The pioneers could not afford to throw anything
away, no matter how worn out it became. The pioneers also used
things that grew in their area, such as fruits, vegetables, leaves,
and berries, to create toys, treats, and gifts. This book gives
directions for creating your own crafts with things that can
be found in your home or around the neighborhood.

SYNOPSIS - This book is a good resource for the study of schoolyard
games in early pioneer days, when children studied at home or
went to one-room schools. Since there was little time to play
at home, they enjoyed playing games with their friends in the
schoolyard.

SYNOPSIS - Mari Sandoz remembers growing up among Sioux Indians
in the Sandhills of Nebraska. "The Sioux Indians came into
my life before I had any preconceived notions about them,"
she writes. Written in her last decade, the book takes the reader
far inside a world of rituals surrounding puberty, courtship,
and marriage, as well as the hunt and the battle.

SYNOPSIS - When the American government offered land in the
wide-open spaces of the West to anyone who would move there in
the mid-1800s, the wagon trains came into being as the main mode
of transportation to the "promised land." This book
describes the trails, the preparations needed for the trip, and
the hardships the travelers faced.